Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 13, 2005
Submitted
May 20, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N949DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49880
Aircraft time
41,789 hours, 32,669 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
39281375001
Part serial
CHC362A
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LOUD BANG WHEN GEAR RETRACTION ATTEMPTED. NLG WOULD NOT LOCK UP. GOT THREE GREENS WHEN HANDLE PLACED BACK TO DOWN. FOUND NLG RETRACT ACTUATOR BROKEN AND ROD END PULLED OUT OF ACTUATOR. ROD END HAD FALLEN BACK AND MOVEMENT OF GEAR CAUSED PENETRATION THROUGH WHEEL WELL BULKHEAD. REPLACED ACTUATOR AND REPAIRED DAMAGE

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